September 12, 2025

How do you make an impossibly dense MMO friendly to new players? Warframe dev says you just keep trying: “I don’t think we’ve ever quite got that 100% right”

by on July 30, 2025 0

(Image credit: Digital Extremes) Any MMO that meets success over a period of time often runs into the same issue – how do you make the prospect of getting into your game less frightening to newer players when there’s...

“Thinks he’s playing Assassin’s Creed”: Elden Ring Nightreign’s absurd parkour tech sees one player scale a fort in seconds, so I guess it’s time to update my routing cheat sheet

by on July 30, 2025 0

(Image credit: FromSoftware / Bandai Namco) With Elden Ring Nightreign, FromSoftware added just a little agility to Elden Ring’s controls, and then it added more and more until players became the cliff-jumping, marathon-sprinting, castle-scaling athletes that they are today....

James Cameron has no plans to step away from directing Avatar 4 and 5, but he’s not ruling it out: “I might not be able to do that”

by on July 30, 2025 0

Legendary director James Cameron has every intention in the world to helm the next two films in the Avatar franchise, the fourth and fifth. With the series’ third film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, on the immediate horizon, Cameron is...

After 33 years, Nintendo finally brings back the Super NES mouse game that’s perfect for Switch 2, and even lets you plug a USB mouse into a Switch 1 to play it

by on July 30, 2025 0

(Image credit: Nintendo) Retro enthusiasts have had one big request ever since Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2: bring back Mario Paint. The Super NES classic came with a unique mouse built for the console, and as Nintendo has brought...

Tales Of The Shire Review

by on July 30, 2025 0

Tales of the Shire has some charming ideas, but dull gameplay, heaps of bugs, and a general sense of emptiness ultimately drag the promising life-sim down to the pits of Moria. By Jessica Cogswell on July 29, 2025 at...

One Of The Most Popular Desk Mats At Amazon Drops To $11

by on July 30, 2025 0

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Multiple editions of the extremely popular Aothia Leather Desk Mat are discounted for a limited time at Amazon. These budget-friendly desk...

PlayStation Evo 2025 Sale Features Rare Deals On DualSense Edge & Pulse Headset

by on July 30, 2025 0

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. PlayStation is hosting a limited-time PS5 accessory sale in celebration of Evo 2025, the annual fighting game tournament that’s owned by...

Grounded 2 Tops Original Game’s Steam Peak Concurrent-Players Record Within An Hour

by on July 30, 2025 0

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. It might be called Grounded 2, but the new game is flying high so far on launch day. That’s because the...

CoD: Warzone Is Making A Major Change To The Stadium With Season 5

by on July 30, 2025 0

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Call of Duty’s big new Season 5 update is coming soon, and it includes a major change for Warzone. Activision has...

‘Make it political:’ How can the Brazilian game industry establish itself on the global stage?

by on July 30, 2025 0

We sit down with devs and industry voices at Gamescom Latam 2025 to uncover the hurdles of crafting titles in Brazil… Find Out More

Sony files lawsuit against Tencent for allegedly cloning Horizon series

by on July 30, 2025 0

Sony Interactive Entertainment has labeled Tencent’s forthcoming game Light of Motiram an imitator of Horizon and maintains that the Shenzhen-based tech giant unsuccessfully sought earlier permission to leverage the action-RPG brand…Read More

Microsoft details how UK Online Safety Act will impact Xbox players

by on July 30, 2025 0

Community interactions will be gated behind an age-check beginning in early 2026…Learn More

The IGDA calls wave of adult game delistings a form of ‘creative suppression’

by on July 30, 2025 0

This discussion goes beyond mature-themed games. It’s fundamentally about the freedoms of those who create them…Read More

Atari to invest $5.1 million in Thunderful as company undergoes restructuring

by on July 30, 2025 0

Staff cutbacks are poised to affect development teams, the publishing arm, and company-wide support divisions…Find Out More

Whoops, It Looks Like Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection’s Release Date Has Leaked Early

by on July 29, 2025 0

Complete Digital Heart Eclipse penned by Jim Norman Yesterday, 1:45 pm Image: Digital Eclipse Since it was announced last month that Digital Eclipse’s Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection will land in 2025, we’ve been hungry for additional details. While nothing official...

Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Super Mario Party Jamboree TV?

by on July 29, 2025 0

NS2 Edition Hyper Partying Redux Deluxe ++ penned by Gavin Lane Yesterday, 3pm Image: Nintendo While Donkey Kong continues hogging the spotlight two weeks after the brilliant Bananza debuted, Nintendo has quietly slipped its second Switch 2 first-party download...

Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable At Gamescom 2025

by on July 29, 2025 0

Plucking the Cherries penned by Jim Norman Yesterday, 3:10pm Image: Team Cherry Behold the awaited arrival! Microsoft has today revealed that Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, that very Hollow Knight: Silksong) will grace Gamescom 2025 with a fresh, hands-on build....

Video: Game Builder Garage Still Rules On Switch 2

by on July 29, 2025 0

Pink Puffball! Kart Racer! Lightner Legend! wordsmith Alana Hagues Yesterday, 4pm The enchantment of Game Builder Garage makes the leap to Nintendo Switch 2. Being among the small slate of titles scored a no-cost patch for the new system —...

Review: Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Game (Switch)

by on July 29, 2025 0

A Lord of the Rings comfort game? Crafted by Weta Workshop, the very team behind the props, sets, and outfits in Peter Jackson’s cherished trilogy? All the hype, right? Regrettably, Tales of the Shire is less the cosy hobbit-haven...

Itch.io posts new adult content guidelines

by on July 28, 2025 0

Indie platform itch.io has posted new guidelines for adult content, in light of last week’s deindexing…Read More

Investors and publishers share their pitching tips at Gamescom Latam

by on July 28, 2025 0

A panel of industry experts explain how developers in Latin America can pitch their product with investors in mind…Read More

Some game firms are struggling with the complexities of the UK Online Safety Act

by on July 28, 2025 0

The UK Online Safety Act (OSA) came into force last Friday after years in the works – but some games companies have struggled to comply with the act’s strict terms. Read more…Read More

The studio behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed brings in union after facing closure

by on July 28, 2025 0

Aheartfulofgames, the Spanish studio behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, says it faces closure after its owner Outright Games signalled its intention to make all employees at the studio redundant. Read more…Read More

UKIE responds to adult games being pulled from Steam and itch.io after pressure from payment providers

by on July 28, 2025 0

The UK games industry trade body UKIE has provided a statement to GamesIndustry.biz regarding the recent removal of adult games from the Steam and itch.io platforms. Read more…Read More

Supermassive lays off 36 staff and delays Directive 8020 to “first half of 2026”

by on July 28, 2025 0

Dark Pictures and The Quarry developer Supermassive has delayed its horror game, Directive 8020, and announced a number of layoffs. Read more…Read More

Game success in 2025 is down to data, not luck

by on July 28, 2025 0

Evgeniy Kurenkov is the founder and CEO of Magify, an analytics and live-ops platform for game studios. Read more…Read More

IMAX is hosting a “one-day global storytelling event” for “the world’s best AI-assisted short films,” and the very predictable backlash is strong

by on July 28, 2025 0

IMAX has revealed plans for an AI-supported short-film showcase… and, as expected, the internet is furious. Per its official website, the company is staging Runway’s third installment of the AI Film Festival; it is billed as a “salute to...

Xbox just leaked Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection’s release date

by on July 28, 2025 0

Earlier in 2025, Digital Eclipse lifted the veil on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, bundling the original Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat 4, and extras into one package. When that reveal...

Xbox has laid out its Gamescom plans

by on July 28, 2025 0

Microsoft has revealed that Hollow Knight: Silksong—currently one of the most hotly awaited titles—will offer a hands-on demo at Gamescom, available on PC and the Xbox ROG Ally X. Read more… Read More

DF Direct: Nope, the new Oblivion Remastered patch doesn’t really fix performance, crashes or degradation issues

by on July 28, 2025 0

Digital Foundry Direct, our ongoing broadcast spotlighting the latest in tech and gaming developments, devoted this instalment to Oblivion Remastered’s freshly released patch 1.2. The sizeable update pledges to tackle stuttering, random crashes, and various lingering glitches that have...